Top TV Song Last Week: Nothing Without You by Tanerélle
A perennial resident on Tunefind’s trending music chart, HBO’s Insecure claimed the top spot last week with a sultry, somber song from indie artist Tanerélle.
Nothing Without You
by Tanerélle
from Insecure Soundtrack · Season 4 · Episode 9 · Lowkey Trying
Issa and Molly have another fight.
‘Nothing Without You’ is heard at the end of the penultimate episode of season 4, underscoring another tense scene between Issa and Molly.
“It was a heavy moment in the show to see Issa and Molly that low in their relationship and the song takes us into the credits beautifully. All credit goes to Issa [Rae] on that one,” Insecure music supervisor Kier Lehman shared with Tunefind. “So cool to hear that Tanerélle connected so strongly with the audience.”
‘Nothing Without You’ was released as a single on January 24, 2020. The 25 year old, shared her gratitude and excitement over the Insecure placement on Instagram:
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Tanerélle Stephens is a singer, instrumentalist, model, and actress from Atlanta, Georgia. An independent artist who moved to L.A. at age 18, Tanerélle graduated with a BFA from a performing arts college.
With a vintage R&B vibe, Tanerélle released her debut single ‘Siren’ in 2015, followed by her EP 11:11 in 2017. She’s been steadily releasing singles, including her latest, ‘Nothing Without You.’
“The human condition is always at the center of my inspiration, the intricate parts of us we most times seem to run from, succumbing to things we shouldn’t, indulging in things we absolutely should but are afraid to, love,’ Tanerélle shared with PAPER Magazine. “I write about love a lot, the good parts, the not so good parts, women empowerment and space. I’m enthralled with space. The fact that there’s so much out there while I’m here gives me this sense of longing, so I put it into my music to kind of etch myself into it as if I’m there.”
Tanerélle also shared a live performance of ‘Nothing Without You’ on her Twitter after the episode aired:
NothingWithoutYou was on @insecurehbo tonight & I can’t stop crying(much like this video) After such a heavy couple of weeks, to come home from protesting & see a dream realized, being placed on a show created by BLACK QUEENS
@IssaRae @YvonneOrji & @kerrywashington …my heart. pic.twitter.com/y0PuEaFii7— Tanerélle (@tanerelle) June 8, 2020
Less than a week after the Insecure episode aired, Tanerélle took to Twitter again to share how her Spotify listeners sky rocketed following the placement:
you guys…I just hit 200,000 monthly listeners for the first time on @Spotify as a fucking independent artist. I’m so proud, I’m so grateful. thank y’all 🥺 pic.twitter.com/toMxjKEsoG
— Tanerélle (@tanerelle) June 13, 2020
Tanerélle’s hit 2018 single, ‘In Women We Trust,’ was featured in season 2 of Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It, based on the 1986 film of the same name. Tanerélle has appeared as an actress in the films Wolf Mother (2016) and Pretty Dudes: The Double Entendre (2019).
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〉Listen now: Nothing Without You by Tanerélle
〉More music by Tanerélle
〉Full list of songs in the Insecure soundtrack
